finding the first element of a specific type

Hello:

Here's my code:

<xsl:variable name="printable_register1" select="//register
                   [@status  ='direct' or @status='reserve'][1]"/>

<xsl:template match="register">
 <xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="generate-id(self::*)=generate-id($printable_register1)">
   ... do stuff

I want to find the first register that has either "direct" or "reserve" status so that there will be no page break printed when that and only that one is output.  But it ain't working.  Can anyone help me.

Cheers

Jon Steeves

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:16 PM
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Subject: Re:  Axis order and variables


Hello.

> <xsl:variable name="x" select="ancestor::x"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="$x[1]/@n"/>

Thanks for the comments, friends!
Michael Kay's quote of Section 3.3
makes the situation absolutely clear.

I have sent a bug report to Microsoft.

-- 
Alexander E. Gutman

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